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‎08-24-2018 05:40 PM

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Product: hp 5258

HP 5258 . How to only print in Black ink? No Color.

 

It is NOT ON PRINT PAGE right before I print like other HP prints.

You can change most printers to black or grey only but this one does not allow me to do that.

I am trying every site.

I hate using color.

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‎08-25-2018 11:07 AM

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Please read this post then provide some details.  What operating system?  I just installed the Officejet 5258 driver on my Windows 10 x64 system and the Print in Grayscale/Black Ink Only can be selected.

   

OJ 5200 black.png

 

One solution that would work regardless of the operating system is to remove the color cartridge and operate the printer in single-cartridge mode as described in page 82 of the user manual here.

 

You can store the removed color cartridge as described in the document here.


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